tax
tax
noun
[with obj.]
taxable
adjective
taxer
noun
语源
noun
- a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions
税
■[in sing.](figurative)a strain or heavy demand
(喻)负担；重负
a heavy tax on the reader's attention.
读者注意力的一种重负。
[with obj.]
- impose a tax on (someone or something)
对…征税
the income will be taxed at the top rate.
收入将以最高征税标准征税。
■pay tax on (something, especially a vehicle)
交纳（某物，尤指车辆）税费
■(figurative)make heavy demands on (someone's powers or resources)
(喻)耗费（某人的力量或资源）
she knew that the ordeal to come must tax all her strength.
她知道要到来的苦难必定要耗费她所有的力气。 - confront (someone) with a fault or wrongdoing
指责，批评
why are you taxing me with these preposterous allegations?.
为什么你用这些荒谬的断言来指责我？。 - (Law)examine and assess (the costs of a case)
(律)审定（诉讼费用）
taxable
adjective
taxer
noun
语源
- Middle English (also in the sense 'estimate or determine the amount of a penalty or damages', surviving in sense 3): from Old French taxer, from Latin taxare 'to censure, charge, compute', perhaps from Greek tassein 'fix'
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